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2023 Baseball Roster

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2 Taber Mongero

  • Position IF
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Ht./Wt. 5-10 / 170
  • Hometown Saint Simons Island, Ga.
  • High School North Hall
  • Prev School Col. of Central Fla.

Biography

2023 (Red-shirt senior): Named Academic All-District by the College Sports Communicators ... Worked past early season injury to start 45-of-47 games ... Finished with .272 batting average, scored 25 runs and knocked in 25 ... Anchored the UNCW infield defensively, fielding .957 with eight errors in 187 chances ... Fielded .957 over his three seasons at UNCW ... Posted five three-hit games ... Scored season-high four runs in series opening victory over William & Mary (5/18) ... Homered and knocked in three runs against Monmouth (3/11) ... Hit .289 in CAA play.

2022 (Red-shirt junior): ABCA Second-Team All-Atlantic Region ... First-team All-CAA selection ... Only Seahawk to play and start all 55 games ... Finished with a .301 batting average and six home runs ... Added 12 doubles and a pair of triples for a .464 slugging average ... Ranked among UNCW's single-season leaders at shortstop in fielding percentage at .961 ... Committed nine errors ... Had 17 multi-hit games, including seven three-hit outings ... Collected three-hits in three consecutive wins against VMI (4/1-3) ... Led off consecutive games at William & Mary with home runs (4/1-2) ... Tied for second on the team with 41 runs scored ... Tied program record with 10 assists in a win over the College of Charleston (5/6).

2021 (Red-shirt sophomore): Started all 54 games at shortstop for the Seahawks and hit a career-best .307 ... Had season-high three hits against Northeastern (5/29) in the CAA Tournament ... Had two hits, including his first collegiate home run, at nationally-ranked Oklahoma State (4/9) ... Fashioned an eight-game hitting streak late in the season (5/8-20) ... Recorded 12 multi-hit games and drove in multiple runs in seven games.

Prior to UNCW: Transferred into the program following one season at the College of Central Florida (2020) and began his collegiate career at Gardner-Webb (2018-19) ... Started all 27 games in 2020 at CCF, hitting 317 with 33 hits, including nine doubles ... Saw sophomore season at GW end after 10 games due to a season-ending injury ... Was hitting .389 at the time ... Hit .245 his freshman season, starting 47 games ... Collected 40 hits, including five doubles ... Had three hits and drove in two runs in a 10-2 win over nationally-ranked South Carolina (3/6) his freshman season ... Helped the Trojans to a 3AAA state championship in 2017 ... Hit .452 during the state tournament that run to the title ... Was selected Georgia's State Player of the Year his senior season at North Hall High School ... Was the 7AAA Region Hitter of the Year in 2017 ... Two-time All-State selection at shortstop ... Earned All-Region honors four times ... Selected to the Georgia Top 100 ... Played for Team Georgia in the Sunbelt Classic in McAlister, Okla.

Personal: Full name: Taber Connor Mongero ... Born in Wilmington, N.C. ... Son of Sonya and Trent Mongero ... Father, Trent, played baseball at UNCW and was the 1989 CAA Player of the Year ... Father also played in the Atlanta Braves organization.

Statistics

Season:
2023

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Historical Player Information

  • 2

    2021Redshirt Sophomore

    IF
    5'9" 180 lbs
    2
  • 2

    2022Redshirt Junior

    IF
    5'9" 170 lbs
    2
  • 2

    2023Redshirt Senior

    IF
    5'10" 170 lbs
    2